Voices from the Ground: How the Global Mining Industry is Profiting from the COVID-19 Pandemic
摘要
日期: 2020年6月2日
地点: 厄瓜多尔
企业
Llurimagua (JV between CODELCO and ENAMI) - Parent Company项目
Codelco Copper Mine(s) in Ecuador (Mine Name Unknown) - Unknown受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
小区: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )议题
地方与国家机关 , Corruption信息来源: News outlet
摘要
日期: 2020年6月2日
地点: 巴拿马
企业
First Quantum Minerals - Parent Company , Minera Panamá - Subsidiary项目
Cobre Panama - Unknown受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
工人: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )议题
雇员 , Personal Health信息来源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2020年6月2日
地点: 墨西哥
企业
Grupo BAL - Parent Company , Industrias Peñoles - Subsidiary项目
Industrias Peñoles Zinc Mine(s) in Mexico (Mine Name Unknown) - Unknown受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
工人: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )议题
Covid-19 , Occupational Health & Safety信息来源: NGO
This report provides in-depth cases to exemplify the four trends highlighted in the international open letter “Global Solidarity with Communities, Indigenous Peoples and Workers at risk from Mining Pandemic Profiteers”. These trends pose an immediate threat to the health and safety of communities and organizations that have been struggling to defend public health and their environments against the destruction and devastation of mining extractivism for decades, as well as to the safety of workers in the mining sector.
The key trends:
- Mining companies are ignoring the real threats of the pandemic and continuing to operate, using any means available
- Governments around the world are taking extraordinary measures to shut down legitimate protests and promote the mining sector
- Mining companies are using the pandemic as an opportunity to hide their dirty track records and present themselves as public-minded saviours
- Mining companies and governments are using the crisis to secure regulatory change that favours the industry at the expense of people and planet...